John Winthrop Sears would have been 84 years old last Thursday. He died November 4th. As far as I can tell, he was the last of a breed. Family and friends gathered the evening of his birthday at Christ Church Longwood in Brookline. The event was a musical...

Barbara Coleman of The Moorings at Squantum Gardens senior housing in Quincy decorates her one-bedroom apartment with an expansive display of lights and animated Christmas scenes. The retired mental health worker says she does it to help other...

The gunman who fatally ambushed two New York City police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government and an apparent history of mental instability that included an attempt to hang himself a year...